Milwaukee Firefighters respond to chemical spill on St. Paul Ave.
Posted: Dec 4, 2014 2:15 PM CDT | Updated: Dec 4, 2014 7:16 PM CDT
The Milwaukee Fire Department is responding to a chemical spill on the 2100 block of St. Paul Ave. that happened around 10:30 a.m. We're told a tanker truck carrying 275 gallons of Sodium Hydroxide is leaking. The fluid is corrosive, but freezes at 50 degrees.
Milwaukee firefighters left the scene of the chemical spill around 1:00 p.m. A private environmental contractor stayed at the scene of the spill to clean up.